October 23, 2007
WORTH THE PESTS:
Five Easy Ways to Go Organic (Tara Parker-Pope, 10/23/07, NY Times: Well)
4. Ketchup: For some families, ketchup accounts for a large part of the household vegetable intake. About 75 percent of tomato consumption is in the form of processed tomatoes, including juice, tomato paste and ketchup. Notably, recent research has shown organic ketchup has about double the antioxidants of conventional ketchup.Posted by Orrin Judd at October 23, 2007 7:46 PM
Comments
After reading the article, it seems quite clear there is no evidence that organic milk, potatoes, peanut butter, or apples are more nutritious.
Come to think of it, the evidence also shows that crops grown with low-nitrogen inorganic fertilizers may be more nutritious.
Posted by: Joseph Hertzlinger at October 24, 2007 10:57 AMSo ketchup is a vegetable, or at least a vegatable product. Reagan was right.